Lindsay Pearce

Lindsay Heather Pearce, born April 30, 1991, is an American singer and actress. She was runner-up in the 1st season of The Glee Project along with Alex Newell, which earned her a 2 episode arc on the show. She was the only female contestant left in the competition since Week 8. She reached the finale and placed runner up. She portrayed Harmony on Glee.

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Personal life

Lindsay was born on April 30, 1991, in Modesto, California. She was adopted, after her mother gave her up for adoption. She was deaf for the first six months of her life, so her parents were surprised to hear her singing voice, and were only too happy to support her ambition to become a performer.

Career

She had performed in many amateur shows prior to The Glee Project, one being Macbeth as seen on YouTube. Robert Ulrich, the casting director of Glee and The Glee Project, saw a show that she sang in and asked her to audition for The Glee Project. She auditioned in person and went through all stages and became one of the Top 12, going through all stages of the competition to become a runner-up, winning a 2 episode guest-starring role on Glee. Her character is Harmony.

Beyond Glee and The Glee Project, she lived with fellow Glee Project contestant, Hannah. They lived together until September when Hannah returned to her hometown. She played Snow White in the "Snow White Christmas" with Neil Patrick Harris, another Glee guest star, playing the "Magic Mirror," at the El Portal Theater from November 30 to December 18. She starred as the lead in the musical "The Last 5 Years," starring alongside Alex Trevino, at the Brauntex Theatre, Texas from January 6–8.

She portrayed 'Wendla' in the Los Angeles production of Spring Awakening till April 22, the part which Lea Michele originated on Broadway in 2007 - 2008.

Pearce appeared in the winter finale of the eleventh season of Grey's Anatomy in 2014.

Trivia

Lindsay won the role of Harmony by being a runner-up on the season one of The Glee Project.

Lindsay was deaf for the first six months of her life and appreciates her ear for music because of this.

Lindsay's favorite color is green.

Lindsay was not very popular in high school and in general did not enjoy her time there.

Lindsay with blonde hair (Girl on the right)

Lindsay is adopted.

She starred in amateur shows since the age of 13.

She states that she attributes her bright blue eyes to her mother because she too had "striking eyes."

Lindsay loves TV and musicals.

Lindsay had a boyfriend during the filming of the show. Currently, they are broken up.

She began attending classes at a community college when she was 16 and says that it was the "best decision of her life."

Lindsay is known as the 'real life' Rachel Berry for the fact that both are brunettes and Broadway-influenced, both are adopted, and both are vegetarians. However, Rachel wasn't adopted; her fathers used a surrogate.

Lindsay is naturally blonde.

Lindsay is a vegetarian.

Her favorite food is sushi. However, she does not eat fish and only eats sushi with avocado or vegetables.

She is a belter, as revealed in the episode Pairability.

Robert Ulrich also lives in Modesto, and prior to The Glee Project, he watched a musical performance with Lindsay in it. After seeing her performance, he asked her to audition for The Glee Project where Lindsay was picked as one of the top twelve.

The first concert she attended was one of Avril Lavigne, on her 12th birthday.

Lindsay kissed two of The Glee Project contestants for the show (Cameron and Damian), both at the request of the directors during filming.

Current roommate with Hannah.

Lindsay said that if she were to win fan favorite, she'd donate the money to charity.

Is best friends with Hannah and has a video on YouTube "The Cee Cee and Dee Dee Show."

Lindsay is of Cherokee, Irish, Norwegian and French descent.

Is the younger sister of the famous soccer player Heath Pearce of Chivas USA.

Wears transparent contacts and admitted to having "very bad vision."

Is a non-denominational Christian.

Is a pretty good artist as evidenced by her quick sketch of fellow contestant, McKynleigh Abraham.Source.

Lindsay is known by many members of the cast for making tea. In Episode 2, when Ellis Wylie says Lindsay attacks her every single day, Lindsay says that "just 10 minutes ago [she] made tea and put it on the table" for Ellis when she asked for it. Recently, in response to Damian McGinty's Episode 7 blog about their kissing scene, Lindsay mentioned that it's easy for her and Damian to make up after they argue because he brings her fruit snacks, she makes him tea, and they hug afterwards.

Her favorite Disney princess is Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" because like Belle, Lindsay relates with reading books all the time and getting lost in a fantasy world.

Lindsay's voice type is a soprano, as evidenced by her very high range.

If Lindsay were to win the competition, she stated she wants to be a Cinderella-esque type of character who starts off as a dork and lets loose later in the plot.

Her favorite characters on the show are Sue Sylvester and Kurt Hummel.

She currently works at the store, Aldo, along with working on musical projects.

After Hannah left, Lindsay was the only girl. Because of this, she moved to the Boys' dorm and was sleeping in what used to be Matheus' bed as suggested by the boys so that she would not have to sleep all alone in the Girls' dormitory.

Admits to having never seen the musical "Cabaret."

Lindsay loves playing video games, including Call of Duty and Halo.

She admits to getting very emotional with goodbyes.

Intelligence and sincerity are the most attractive things to find in a person, in her opinion.

Lindsay loves writing letters and feels the world has become too dependent on technology.

She has a bad habit of biting her nails.

Tweets "later hater" to mean comments directed towards her or other The Glee Project contenders.

Lindsay has always wanted to visit Ireland and Italy.

Her favorite song to perform is Defying Gravity.

She's bad at the video game "Super Mario Brothers" on Wii, as shown in a video on her YouTube channel.

Says she would never date Damian because he is like her brother and she doesn't date family.

She admitted she was insecure about wearing the Cheerios cheerleading uniform during Episode 7.

Lindsay has been edited constantly throughout the show to be portrayed as a mean, snobbish girl. However, it is revealed that Lindsay is just confident and gets overly excited during challenges which may come across the wrong way.

She tweeted that she talks too much when she's excited.

She also tweeted a "fun fact," that she can't cry on command.

Her parents said that she was a bigger terror than all her brothers combined.

When she tweets back fans that support her, she usually uses pet names (i.e.: Sweetheart, love).

Has stated that the winner of The Glee Project definitely deserved to win whether that is herself or any one of her friends on The Glee Project. Source

Is 5"2 (1.58m).

She knows Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare like the back of her hand.

Has two dogs.

Is a very avid reader.

Her favorite books are The Chronicles of Narnia and anything by Shakespeare.

One of her dream roles on Broadway is Christine Daae from Phantom of the Opera.